Police ombudsman upholds complaint against RUC

The North's Police Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against the RUC linked to an attack on a man by officers more than 32 years ago, it was announced today.

Sammy Devenny died three months after the incident in Derry but Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan disclosed that an investigation at the time could neither prove nor disprove the allegation that his death was the result of the attack.